90 Quotes by Arlo Guthrie

I thought I would be governor of Massachusetts. I stood on a pile of my old albums and said, 'I'm the only one with a record to stand on.'

We would turn everything into songs in those days.

With the advent of radio and recording, music became an industry rather than just a tradition.

People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were so common it was just uncommon.

If you do anything for 40 years, you can do it comfortably. And it will always be good. But unless you're willing to risk it being bad, it can never be great.

I've written quite a variety of songs, everything from kids songs to political satire, and my dad covered a fairly large range, also.

I don't do anything on stage that allows me to become a trained seal, where you're just doing the same thing over and over.

I left the entertainment industry part of my life behind in 1983, when we decided not to work with major record companies anymore.

I'm not just a singer-songwriter doing songs in the key of me.